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The Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Are you following the most ambitious project in film history?
What's your favorite installment so far?
What's your least favorite?
What upcoming stuff are you most excited for?
How much do you hate the new Spidey title?
How much do you hate me for making this thread?

My compulsive list-making strikes again.
I'm just now watching Daredevil for the first time, having gotten Netflix 2 days ago; other than that, I've seen everything else so far, & I'm interested at least until the end of the current slate.

I'm into pretty much all the films plus Daredevil and Jessica Jones. I'm pretty pumped about Civil War, GotG2, and Doctor Strange. Kinda worried about the Infinity War being lame. I didn't much like the comics about it. But I'm looking forward to Adam Warlock.

The Thor movies have been a little weak, and the physics of Ant Man kinda drive me nuts. In Daredevil season 2, the whole Hand stuff is supposed to be mysterious and intriguing, but it just leaves me frustrated. Didn't see the Norton Hulk movie.

I loved the first Thor, but Dark World was kinda meh (watchable, though, which is good since I'm planning a movie marathon for my birthday). Norton's Hulk was a great suspense film, actually. I'm literally only 4 eps into Daredevil, & Kingpin just went on a date; I'm nowhere near anything called the Hand yet.

I don't know much about Adam Warlock other than he uses a cocoon to regenerate & he beats up Thanos a lot. Has he been confirmed for any of the films yet?

Gotta admit, Most Wanted is not really catching my interest, & it'll be kinda awkward to keep going at the same time as AoS. Very excited for Dr. Strange & Capt. Marvel.

I haven't actually watched anything since 'Iron Man 2'. It keeps building up. Like, it's kind of getting to where, before I can go see one of the new movies, I need to watch five or six other movies first. Like why wouldn't I be more hyped for something self-contained, like 'Turbo Kid', or 'Big Hero 6'.

Capt, you know me a little---------what would be good for me to watch? Like, essentials, to get caught up? For instance, I can't stand Captain America. But I'm familiar with the source material-----------scrawny guy gets super-sauce, turns into shield guy, gets frozen and revived, no one likes him. So, like, can I not watch his movies?

[QUOTE="Deku Tree, post: 1592861, member: 18320"]I'm into pretty much all the films plus Daredevil and Jessica Jones. I'm pretty pumped about Civil War, GotG2, and Doctor Strange. Kinda worried about the Infinity War being lame. I didn't much like the comics about it. But I'm looking forward to Adam Warlock.[/QUOTE]

Yo I have heard great things about Jessica Jones. It's really hard to convince me to watch superhero stuff but there's something I can see being right up my alley

^Winter Soldier is legitimately one of the best films in the franchise.
These all work as standalone things (so far): Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Thor, First Avenger, Winter Soldier, Guardians, Ant-Man, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, & probably Doctor Strange.
Other essentials (so far): Avengers, Age of Ultron, & probably Civil War.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"[/QUOTE]
Alright.

Saw Hulk. Got a friend who's got Thor and Avengers I could probably borrow those two off of. Got Netflix, so I guess I could watch DD and Jessica Jones (wasnt exactly on fire to watch either, but knowing Punisher plays a big part in the former makes that a sight more appealing). The rest...you know, whatever. None of them are on Netflix or Hulu, and they arent in the Redbox, so I guess I just see them if I see them. Streaming rentals and all.

Thank you, incidentally. I appreciate the recommendations.

(EDIT: I mean, I've wanted a good 'Punisher' adaptation literally for decades, and if the Daredevil show offers that where actual wide-release movies like 'The Punisher' and 'Punisher War Zone' have not...I'll take what I can get, man. (Although...you know, 'The Punisher' had a couple interesting ideas. Like, they kind of made a bad, trite, dumbed-down movie version of the "Welcome Back Frank" arc, but there were weird, interesting scenes. Like the bit where a hitman approaches Frank and plays him a song on his guitar before trying to kill him. That doesn't happen in the comics. It's weird. It's like something out of a Sergio Leone flick. It's too odd not to be somewhat appreciated.)

^The Netflix version of Punisher has been so well received that they're planning to give him his own show.
(Luke Cage & Iron Fist are gonna team up on Netflix too; each will get his own series, & then they'll be in "The Defenders" together.) :)

If you're looking for what you can skip, the weakest installments are by far Iron Man 2 (which I know you've already seen) & Thor 2. And if you really wanna reduce your Cap exposure, you can get away with skipping First Avenger & go straight to Winter Soldier. At this point, Thor 1 is also kinda optional, as long as you know how his powers work & his family relationships.

Great Tier:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Avengers
Iron Man

Good Tier:
Ant-Man
Iron Man 3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: The First Avenger

Meh Tier:
Thor
Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2

The only TV show I've watched is Jessica Jones because I have way too much other stuff in my Netflix queue so I haven't gotten to Agents of SHIELD, Agent Carter or Daredevil. Jessica Jones is soooooo good though.

Given to understand ooga-chaka is fairly prevalent in 'Guardians'. I despise ooga-chaka. How much does it occur? Watching the movie, would I be able to resist the impulse to self-terminate? I feel this is an important question.